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Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks February to June · Thrushes and Allies · BOU category AF

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Song Thrush: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Song Thrush has been recorded in 2,786 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (94%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in February to June.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
38% or more of visits
High
22% to 38%
Moderate
11% to 22%
Low
under 11%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 65%21%Moderate
February 93%30%Very high
March 90%29%Very high
April 100%32%Very high
May 99%32%Very high
June 90%29%Very high
July 59%19%High
August 23%7%Low
September 24%8%Low
October 52%17%Low
November 51%17%Low
December 58%19%Moderate

Squares with the highest reporting rate in February

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
C41Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland100%Very high
C84Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
C92Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
G95Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland100%Very high
H13Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland100%Very high
H94Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland100%Very high
H98Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland100%Very high
HP50Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU40Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HY31Orkney Islands, Scotland100%Very high

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